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Chicago Formatting and citation Checklist 
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Page layout and formatting 

  • 12-point Times New Roman font for the entire paper, including the text in the headers, footers, footnotes, and bibliography. Some teachers may do 10-point Times New Roman for footnotes. 

  • One-inch margins on all sides of the paper.

  • Includes page numbers in the proper position. No number on the cover/first page.

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Citation formatting 

  • Citation style used is Chicago (not MLA, APA, etc.) 

  • Footnotes and bibliography are in the correct format 

  • Publication titles are in italics (book, journal, newspaper title)

  • Chapter and article titles are inside quotation marks 

  • Capitalize properly regardless of the original format  


Footnotes 

  • Footnotes use Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3) 

  • Footnote numbers at the end of the sentence after all punctuation 

  • Footnotes have a first line indent for each citation

  • Repeated citations use shortened form 

 

Bibliography

  • Bibliography entries are in alphabetical order 

  • Bibliography uses a hanging indent 

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Watch out for...

  • Formatting differences between footnotes and the bibliography.

    • Footnote format uses "firstname lastname," while the bibliography uses "lastname, firstname."

    • Footnotes use a first line indent, while the bibliography uses a hanging indent.

  • Miscounting your pages.

    • Do not include the cover page in the page count (the first text page is page 1).

    • Do include all pages of the bibliography in the page count.

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